*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United StatesThe Lighting, Scenic and Sound Designers are members of United Scenic Artists Union

Center REP is a member of Theatre Bay Area and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), The National Organization for the American Theatre

CENTER REPERTORY COMPANY Michael Butler, Artistic Director Scott Denison, Managing Director

Season Partner Foundation Sponsor Season Sponsor

Margaret Lesher TheatreMay 25 - June 30, 2018

Lesher Center for the Arts

Scenic DesignerKelly James Tighe

CastDave J. AbramsNoel Anthony*

Andrea Dennison-LauferLynda DiVito*Mark Farrell*

Giana GambardellaCindy Goldfield*

Costume DesignerVictoria Livingston-Hall

Sound DesignerJeff Mockus

Tyler Patrick HennessyAubri No'Eau Kahalekulu

Michael McCartyKatrina Lauren McGraw*

Olivia Jane Mell*Zachariah Mohammed

Bryan MunarAlison Quin

Nick QuintellNathan Richardson

Justin SabinoEmily Serdahl*

Katie Turley

Directed by Jeff CollisterMusic Directed by Daniel Feyer Choreographed by Jennifer Perry

FREAKY FRIDAYis presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.www.MTIShows.com

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this productions is strictly prohibited.

Lighting DesignerKurt Landisman

Stage ManagerKathleen J. Parsons*

BOOK BYBRIDGET CARPENTER

MUSIC BYTOM KITT

LYRICS BYBRIAN YORKEY

Based on the novel Freaky Friday byMARY RODGERS

and The Disney Films

Audience ServicesCoordinator

Courtney EggTicket Office StaffJeremiah Vierling

Rami KimRobert NolanJennifer Haga

Laina HareJave Hernandez

Elizabeth MartinieShannon TaylorGabrielle Wood

Usher CoordinatorPat Mitchell

Production ServicesCoordinator

Toni KilcoyneTechnical Staff

Steve PinoAlex Bull

Chris CurrieHanna Johnson

Lexie OswaldGarrick SchusterBerkley SkillicornStephen Spleiss

Josh StoufferJosh YarnellSteve Young

Michael Butler Artistic DirectorScott Denison Managing Director

OUR SPONSORS

Chevron (Season Sponsor) has been the leading corporate sponsor of Center REP and the Lesher Center for the Arts for the past eleven years. In fact, Chevron has been a partner of the LCA since the beginning, providing funding for capital improvements, event sponsorships and more. Chevron generously supports every Center REP show throughout the season, and is the primary sponsor for events including the Chevron Family Theatre Festival in July. Chevron has proven itself not just as a generous supporter, but also a valued friend of the arts.

Diablo Regional Arts Association (DRAA) (Season Partner) is both the primary fundraising organization of the Lesher Center for the Arts (LCA) and the City of Walnut Creek’s appointed curator for the LCA’s audience outreach. DRAA’s role in the community is all about building partnerships with the focused goal of enhancing artistic quality at the LCA and providing opportunities for everyone to enjoy the arts. Through partnerships with the LCA and its producers, individual donors, corporate and foundation sponsors and the City of Walnut Creek, DRAA plays a vital role in advancing the arts for the betterment of the community. Please visit us online at www.draa.org.

Lesher Foundation (Foundation Sponsor) As the namesake family for the Lesher Center for the Arts, the Lesher Foundation has provided funding to Center REP and the Lesher Center since the Center opened in 1990. Their support has had a profound impact on the quality of Center REP’s productions and has greatly enhanced the experience for Center REP’s audiences. Grant-making decisions are based on the vision of Dean and Margaret Lesher who felt quality education, diverse art programs, and healthy children and families are the building blocks of a strong and vibrant community.

ABOUT CENTER REPERTORY COMPANY.

Center REP is the resident, professional theatre company of the Lesher Center for the Arts. Our season consists of six productions a year – a variety of musicals, dramas and comedies, both classic and contemporary, that continually strive to reach new levels of artistic excellence and professional standards..

Our mission is to celebrate the power of the human imagination by producing emotionally engaging, intellectually involving, and visually astonishing live theatre, and through Outreach and Education programs, to enrich and advance the cultural life of the communities we serve..

What does it mean to be a producing theatre? We hire the finest professional directors, actors and designers to create our productions at Center REP. These are not touring productions – they’re conceived and developed here, the sets and costumes are built in our shops, and the actors rehearse in our rehearsal hall. Whether the production is a Bay Area premiere or a Shakespearean classic, each is devised to be a one of a kind, artistic creation that will be a unique theatre experience for our audience.

What does it mean to be a professional theatre? It means that all our artists and artisans are career theatre-practitioners. Many of the actors in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association; our directors and designers are members of professional unions. All do theatre because it is their profession and their passion. .

We are very proud to have the opportunity to produce professional theatre for our community in the beautiful theatres here at the Lesher Center for the Arts. Thank you for your support.

JEFF MOCKUS (Sound Designer) has designed sound for Center REP’s Women In Jeopardy, A Christmas Carol, Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical, Life Could Be a Dream, Old Wicked Songs, Xanadu, Marvelous Party, Cabaret, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Musical of Musicals: The Musical!, Hank Williams Lost Highway, Around the World In 80 Days, and The Marriage of Figaro. Among his recent work are TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s The Bridges Of Madison County, The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga, Rags, and Crimes of the Heart, as well as The Western Stage’s Young Frankenstein, In the Heights, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Mr. Mockus served as San Jose Repertory Theatre’s Resident Sound Designer for over 70 productions, including The Haunting Of Winchester, Nixon’s Nixon, Mary’s Wedding, and Thunder Knocking On The Door. He has credits with American Conservatory Theater, California Shakespeare Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz/Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Utah Shakespearean Festival, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

KATHLEEN J. PARSONS* (Stage Manager) is excited to be doing another show with Center REPertory Company. Companies she has worked for include Rubicon Theatre Company, Access Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, The Pasadena Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Teatro Zinzanni, the American Musical Theatre of San Jose, San Jose Rep, and the National Theatre of the Deaf. Kathleen was also the Production Manager for the California International Theatre Festival.

MICHAEL BUTLER (Artistic Director) This is Michael’s twelfth season as Artistic Director of Center REP, where his directing credits include Women in Jeopardy, Baskerville, ‘Art,’ Anything Goes, Clybourne Park, Real Housewives of Walnut Creek, and To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as the Shellie and BATCC Award-winning productions of Around the World in 80 Days, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Enchanted April, and Witness For The Prosecution. His directing work has also been seen at San Jose Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Laguna Playhouse, ACT in Seattle, Marin Theatre Company, Aurora Theatre Company, San Jose Stage, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and The Juilliard School, of which he is a graduate. As an actor, Michael has worked on Broadway (Macbeth with Glenda Jackson and Christopher Plummer and Two Shakespearean Actors), Off Broadway (Roundabout, The Public Theatre), in regional theatres (The Guthrie, Arena Stage, Long Wharf), film and television, as well as in REP’s productions of Mirandolina!, The Mousetrap, Noises Off and Rumors. He is a published songwriter and the co-writer and composer of numerous music-theatre pieces, which have been produced in NY, LA, and at festivals in India and Morocco. In his career as a performer he has also danced with the Erick Hawkins Dance Company, portrayed the villainous Pierre LeChance on “The Guiding Light," and played guitar and harmonica in many rock, blues, and country western bands at all the notable dives in NYC.

SCOTT DENISON (Managing Director) has been the General Manager for the Lesher Center for the Arts since it opened 26 years ago and has worked for the Arts in this area for over 43 years. Scott has directed over 150 productions, including The Wizard of Oz, the musical hit Cinderella, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Hairspray, The Music Man, Les Misérables and for the past 19 seasons Center REP’s A Christmas Carol as well as all Fantasy Forum productions since 1970. He created and produces the annual Shellie Awards now celebrating 39 years. Scott has also designed lights for over 250 productions, including the national touring production of Sylvia. Under Denison’s guidance the Lesher Center for the Arts presents over 850 public events each year. He coordinates performing arts activities with over 100 producers and producing organizations. Scott created the Chevron Family Theatre Festival which hosts over 7,000 guests each year. He is also the Managing Director of the Center REPertory Company producing professional productions each season and is the director and co-founder of Fantasy Forum Actors Ensemble, an adult family performing arts company which presents programs for the young and Young at Heart.

JENNIFER PERRY (Choreographer) has been teaching Ballet and Theatre classes for over 25 years. She was lucky to have studied and trained with her grandmother, Lareen Fender at The Ballet School Performing Arts. Directing Credits Include: Billy Elliot, Gypsy (Shellie Award), Joseph and the Amazing.., A Chorus Line (BATCCA), OKLAHOMA! (Shellie Award), 42nd Street, and Guys and Dolls all for Contra Costa Musical Theatre. Red Hot and Cole for Role Players Ensemble. Choreography Credits include: Billy Elliot, Gypsy, The Music Man (Shellie Award) Les Miserables (CCMT), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Center REP) Sweet Charity (Center REP), Xanadu (Center REP, Shellie Award) Joseph and the Amazing. (Shellie Award), Hairspray (BATCCA, Shellie Award), A Chorus Line (BATCCA), Cinderella (Shellie Award Winner), Disney's Beauty and The Beast, Annie, Sound of Music, Titanic the Musical and many other original pieces. Favorite roles include: Cassie (A Chorus Line), Frenchy (Grease), Bonnie Jean (Brigadoon), Louise (Carousel), Mary Warren (Crucible), Jennie Mae (Diviners), Ghost of Christmas Past (A Christmas Carol) Shellie Nominee, Suzy Hendrix (Wait Until Dark) and Bonnie (Anything Goes, Shellie Award). Jennifer is a proud member of Fantasy Forum Actor's Ensemble www.fantasyforum.org and is thrilled to be going into her 23rd year of teaching for Center REP's Young REP Acting Training Program, where she serves as co-director of the Musical Theatre Program. Jennifer is the Casting Director for Center REPertory Company. Jennifer is the owner and director of Lareen Fender's The Ballet School Performing Arts which is home to the Performing Arts Studio. www.theballetschool.org #LiveJoyCreateHope

KELLY JAMES TIGHE (Scenic Designer) has a number of Off-Broadway and national tour credits including Martin Luther on Trial, Shadowlands, The Most Reluctant Convert, The Great Divorce, The Fantasticks, Almost Heaven, Movin’ Out, Shear Madness and Cats. His regional theatre credits include Paper Mill Playhouse, Fingerlakes Musical Theater Festival, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Center REPertory Company, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Sacramento Theatre Company, Gateway Playhouse, Broadway By the Bay, Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Diablo Theatre Company and Ray of Light Theatre. Kelly’s theatrical work is published in the textbook Scene Design and Stage Lighting and his work as an illustrator has been published in "Mooseltoe, A Moose and a Dream." Awards and recognitions include the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, DramaLogue and the Shellie Awards. kjtdesign.com

VICTORIA LIVINGSTON-HALL (Costume Designer) Work at Center REP includes Altar Boyz, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Anything Goes, Mirandolina, Deathtrap, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Xanadu (Shellie Award) The Underpants, Arms and The Man, Smokey Joe’s Café, Boeing Boeing, She Loves Me (BACC Award), Dracula, Noises Off, Witness for the Prosecution (Shellie Award), and Cabaret (Shellie Award and BACC Award). Work in London includes, “The Long Hard Goodbye”- film, “Olympia” at the Baron’s Court Theatre, “S.N.U.B.”- feature film-Angry Badger Pictures, “Striklem”, The National Film and Television School, British Society of Cinematographers “BSC Test Shoot”, “Viv” Skillset Screen Academy, “Midsummer Murders” for Virgin Media and she assisted at the Holland Park Opera productions of Lakme and La Traviata. Bay Area work includes the A Seagull in the Hamptons for Shotgun Players, the ReOrient Festival for Golden Thread Productions, Abe Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party for SF Playhouse and the NYFringe Festival, among other shows for Crowded Fire Theatre Co. The Magic Theatre, and Theatre Artaud.

KURT LANDISMAN (Lighting Designer) Local audiences will be familiar with his work through past productions designed for Center REP including Altar Boyz, Sisters Matsumoto, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Anything Goes, Mirandolina, Deathtrap, Life Could Be a Dream, Ella, the Musical, Sweet Charity, The 39 Steps, Old Wicked Songs and Xanadu. His designs have been seen throughout the Bay Area at many theaters including San Francisco Opera, ACT, Berkeley Rep, San Jose Rep, Theatreworks, California Shakespeare Festival, The Magic Theatre, and Marin Theatre Company. Locally his work has garnered 19 Bay Area Critics Circle Awards, 5 LA Dramalogue Awards and 5 Shellie Awards. Nationally, his work has been seen at many regional opera & ballet companies, including the Los Angeles Opera, Minnesota Opera, Virginia Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Ballet Arizona. His designs have also been presented off-Broadway, represented at Circle Rep, and the Douglas Fairbanks Theatres. Other designs internationally include world premieres of plays by Sam Shepard in Japan, and Singapore, as well as the San Francisco Opera in Shanghai, China, and the Moscow Circus in Tokyo, Japan. kurtlandisman.com

Center REPertory Company

Production ManagerJeff Collister

Technical DirectorJoshua Lipps

Master ElectricianDel MedoffCarpenters

Kevin BennettTrevor Frey

Gabriel JohnsonCaleb Salmon

Brennan ShrevesAsst. Stage Manager

Joe CoeProduction Assistant

Kira Daugherty

Costume Shop ManagerBethany DealCostume Staff

Michelle KincaidMiranda Lenore

Wardrobe SupervisorAlea Gonzales

DresserHannah Chylinski

Props ManagerRoger Anderson

Production AssistantsMiranda Ketchum

Daniel LevyEdie Olson

Keyboard ProgrammingKevin Roland

THANK YOU TO THE STAFF OF THE LESHER CENTER FOR THE ARTS

MarketingMarketing Associate

Morgan MitchellEducation

Education DirectorsJeff Draper

Kerri Shawn Casting DirectorJennifer Perry

Asst. to the Managing Director

Gail PfeiferProgram/Webmaster

Linda Nomura

CITY COUNCILJustin Wedel, Mayor

Rich CarlstonLoella Haskew

Cindy SilvaKevin Wilk

CITY MANAGERDan Buckshi

DIRECTOR, Arts + RecKevin Safine

ARTS COMMISSIONJane Emanuel, Chair

Glynnis Cowdery, Vice ChairIasmine KlauberAnn Merideth

Anita Sagástegui

MUSICIANSKeyboard /Conductor ......................................Daniel FeyerKeyboard ........................................................ Eryn AllenReeds ..........................................................Dana BauerDrums .......................................................... John DoingCello ............................................ Joshua Mikus-MahoneyBass ............................................................. Danny MinViolin .................................................. Brandon K. MorrisTrumpet .................................................... Justin J. SmithGuitar .......................................................... Mike Smith

HEADSHOTSCAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Ellie Blake .......................................................Olivia Jane Mell*Katherine Blake ....................................................Lynda DiVito*Torrey .................................................................... Alison Quin Fletcher Blake......................................... Tyler Patrick Hennessy Mike Riley .......................................................... Noel Anthony*Grandpa George/Mr. Blumen ............................... Michael McCartyGrandma Helene/Ms. Luckenbill/Mrs. Time..............Cindy Goldfield*Hannah ............................................... Andrea Dennison-LauferGretchen ..................................................... Giana GambardellaAlexandra Daniels/Ms. Meyers/Officer Sitz ..Katrina Lauren McGraw*Wells/Louie Snaps ..................................................Justin SabinoAdam ...............................................................Dave J. AbramsSavannah ........................................................... Emily Serdahl*Pastor Bruno/Dr. Ehrin/Officer Kowalski ...................... Mark Farrell*Parker .........................................................Nathan RichardsonLaurel ................................................ Aubri No'Eau KahalekuluXavier ....................................................Zachariah MohammedAustin ..................................................................Bryan MunarSeñor O'Brien/Wheaton ............................................Nick QuintellCheyenne .............................................................. Katie Turley

TIME AND PLACE

Chicago; present day

Disney's Freaky Friday will be performed with one fifteen minute intermission.

SONGS

ACT ONEJust One Day ........................... Ellie, Katherine & CompanyThe Hourglass ..........................................Ellie, KatherineI Got This ................................................Katherine, EllieWhat You Got ................ Katherine, Torrey, Alexandra, LouieOh, Biology .............................................. Ellie, StudentsVows ...................................................................MikeBusted ................................... Ellie, Katherine & CompanySomebody Has Got to Take the Blame .............................................................................Katherine, Ellie & TeachersShoppin' with My Mom ....................................... FletcherI Got This (Reprise) ........................................... KatherineWatch Your Back ......................Ms. Meyers, Ellie & StudentsShoppin' with My Mom ....................................... FletcherParents Lie ..................................................... KatherineJust One Day (Reprise 1) ....................................Company

ACT TWOI'm Not Myself Today ...... Katherine, Ellie, Torrey & EnsembleWomen and Sandwiches .......................... Adam & FletcherBring My Baby Home ............ Ellie, Officers, Katherine, MikeGo ............................... Adam, Ellie, Katherine & EnsembleAfter All of This and Everything ........................... KatherineNo More Fear ......................................................... EllieThe Other Hourglass ................................ Ellie & KatherineToday and Ev'ry Day .................. Ellie, Katherine & Company

PROFILES

DAVE J. ABRAMS (Adam) is thrilled to be back for his second Center REP production since Smokey Joe's Cafe (Ken- Shellie Award nominated production). He has recently performed in Fantasy Forum's The Biggest Gift (Jack-In-The-Box), Chevron Family Theater Festival's The Villains Live (Matt), and performed in numerous musicals at the Lesher since the late 90's. Recent theater credits include: Ragtime (Coalhouse Walker Jr.) and Sister Act (Eddie Souther) with Berkeley Playhouse; In The Heights (Benny- 2017 TBA Award winner) with Contra Costa Civic Theater. Abrams is a graduate from UC Berkeley with a B.A in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies. He would like to thank Jennifer Perry, Lucia Scardigno, Samuel Lewis, Charles Jarrett and his family for their everlasting support. Enjoy the show!

NOEL ANTHONY* (Mike Riley) This marks Noel's 4th production with Center REP, where he last appeared in She Loves Me, Smokey Joe's Café and Sweet Charity. Other Lesher Center roles include Jerry Lukowski in The Full Monty, Harold Hill in The Music Man, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Corny Collins in Hairspray and Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls, all with Contra Costa Musical Theatre. Other Bay Area appearances include the title role in Sweeney Todd and Burrs in The Wild Party for San Jose Stage Company, Secretary Thomson in 1776 for A.C.T., Joe in The Most Happy Fella for 42nd Street Moon, Nathan Harris in Rags and Neville Craven in The Secret Garden for TheatreWorks, Chris in Miss Saigon, Che in Evita, Beast in Beauty and the Beast and Tony in West Side Story for Broadway by the Bay, and many others. www.noelanthonyescobar.com

ANDREA DENNISON-LAUFER (Hannah) is so excited to be making her Center REP debut as Hannah in Disney’s Freaky Friday. A graduate of Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA, she holds a BFA in theater and music. She was a member of the artistic intern ensemble at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Past roles: Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime (Berkeley Playhouse), Gertrude in Seussical (Bay Area Musicals), Marty in Grease (Contra Costa Musical Theatre), Mrs. Smith in Scrooge in Love (42nd Street Moon), Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show (Ray of Light Theatre), Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Berkeley Playhouse), Peggy in The Andrews Brothers (Lucky Penny Productions), Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut in Avenue Q (Berkeley Playhouse), and Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice (Milwaukee Repertory Theater). Thank you to my wonderful family and my Fairy Godmother!

LYNDA DiVITO* (Katherine Blake) is thrilled be to back at REP and in the cast of Freaky Friday!! Center REPertory credits include, Women in Jeopardy, Tenderly the Rosemary Clooney Musical, Lucky Stiff, Deathtrap, Clybourne Park, Rumors, Boeing Boeing, Mirandolina! Mistress of a Tuscan Inn, Anything Goes, Real Housewives of Walnut Creek, Status Update, She Loves Me and All Shook Up. CCMT credits include, Mrs. Wilkenson in Billy Elliot, Mama Rose in Gypsy, and Velma in Hairspray. Other Bay Area Credits: AMTSJ's Full Monty and TheatreWorks new works production of My Mothers Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding. Regional credits include: Oliver at PaperMill Playhouse, The Meshuganutcrackers at the Gindi Theatre in Los Angeles. Aside from regional tours and European tours, Lynda appeared, Off Broadway, in Sheba the Musical. For two years Lynda played, Griddlebone/Jellylorum in the long running Hamburg production of Andrew Lloyd Webbers CATS. She was the lead singer for Amsterdam's hottest dance band, Jam Square!! Lynda holds a degree in theatre from SFSU. For L,H&N always.

MARK FARRELL* (Pastor Bruno/Dr. Ehrin/Officer Kowalski) has appeared in over 70 productions in the Bay Area, L.A., NYC, and Europe. A member of Actors’ Equity Association since 2002, he was most recently seen at Center REP in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Shellie Award). Farrell has appeared in 13 shows at Center REP among them Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Story (Shellie Award), Noël & Gertie (BATCC & Shellie Awards), Rumors, The 39 Steps, and Mousetrap; Other credits include 1776 (American Conservatory Theatre); Next to Normal (Arizona Theatre Company); The Reduced Shakespeare Company’s Completely Hollywood: Abridged (Belgium/Holland Tour); Loaded (by Scott Capurro, Ars Nova, NYC); Around the World in 80 Days (Laguna Playhouse); Putnam County Spelling Bee (San Jose Repertory Theatre), Old Wicked Songs and Splittin’ the Raft (Marin Theatre Company); The Fantasticks (BATCC award, SF Playhouse); Mark is the Executive Producer of the Alameda International Film Festival (alamedafilmfest.com).

GIANA GAMBARDELLA (Gretchen) is thrilled to be a part of Freaky Friday— Her first show at Center REP! Giana is a recent UC Davis graduate with a degree in Cognitive Science and Psychology. Some of her favorite past performances include Company (Marta), West Side Story (Maria), Les Misérables (Eponine), and The Fantasticks (Luisa). Giana would like to thank her parents and her vocal coach, Matthew Liebowitz, for their endless support. Enjoy!

LyndaDiVito

Olivia JaneMell

Tyler PatrickHennessy

Aubri No'EauKahalekulu

MichaelMcCarty

Katrina LaurenMcGraw

ZachariahMohammed

BryanMunar

Dave J.Abrams

NoelAnthony

AndreaDennison-Laufer

MarkFarrell

GianaGambardella

Cindy Goldfield

AlisonQuin

NickQuintell

NathanRichardson

JustinSabino

EmilySerdahl

KatieTurley

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KATIE TURLEY (Cheyenne) is thrilled to make her Center REP debut in Freaky Friday! She earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance with an emphasis in Musical Theater from The University of Denver. Favorite credits include Chava in Fiddler on the Roof and Daisy in Side Show. Katie has a private voice and piano studio in Danville and works as a voice actor. Katie also appeared as a finalist with her group Urban Method on NBC’s "The Sing-off! " You can often catch her band performing throughout the Bay Area. More at katieturley.com. Many thanks to all her friends and family for their loving support!

BRIDGET CARPENTER (Author) A playwright, television writer, and producer, Carpenter created the 2016 miniseries "11.22.63" for Bad Robot and Hulu from Stephen King's bestselling novel. "11.22.63" premiered at the Sundance Festival, was nominated for a Writers Guild Award, and won the Saturn Award for best limited series. Prior to "11.22.63," she wrote and co-executive-produced all five seasons of the Peabody Award-Winning series "Friday Night Lights." She was a Consulting Producer for HBO's "Westworld" and a Co-Executive Producer for "Parenthood."

TOM KITT (Composer) received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as two Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for Next to Normal. His music for Next to Normal also received the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Score. He is also the composer of If/Then (Tony Nom., Outer Critics Nom.); High Fidelity (Broadway); Bring it On, The Musical (co-composer with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Broadway); The Winter's Tale, All's Well That Ends Well, and Cymbeline (The Public's NYSF); From Up Here and The Madrid (MTC); Orphans (Broadway) and The Retributionists (Playwrights Horizons). Tom is also responsible for the music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations for Green Day's American Idiot on Broadway, and provided additional arrangements for their Grammy Award-winning album "21st Century Breakdown" and their album trilogy, "¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré!" Tom also received an Emmy Award as co-writer (with Lin-Manuel Miranda) for the 2013 Tony Award opening number, "Bigger. "

BRIAN YORKEY (Librettist/Lyricist) received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the 2009 Tony Award for Best Score, for Next to Normal. Brian was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Next to Normal, and his work on the show earned him the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score. He partnered again with the Next to Normal team on If/Then (Tony Award Nominee for Best Score) starring Idina Menzel. Brian co-wrote the libretto for The Last Ship with John Logan, with a score by Sting. He is currently working on the original musical Jesus in My Bedroom, with composer Tim Symons, as well as stage musical adaptations of "Magic Mike" and the Tom McCarthy film "The Visitor."

JEFF COLLISTER (Director) is elated to be working with this amazing group of people on this freaky-fun project! Prior to this he directed REP’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and the zany hit Xanadu. He also helmed Urinetown – The Musical and the classic musical comedy, Grease, both with Contra Costa Musical Theatre. Sometime in the mid 80’s, when Jeff was in his early 20’s, he directed CCMT’s production of Godspell at the old Stage II theatre, which is now Skipolini’s Pizza. Jeff has worked with many of the theatre companies in the area as an actor, director, lighting designer, and most frequently as the Stage Manager. Jeff has Stage Managed more than 50 productions since first starting with REP in 1989. Favorites include, Boeing-Boeing, A Number, Almost Heaven; John Denver’s America, Becoming Memories, Suds: The Rockin’ 60’s Musical Soap Opera, Godspell, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and numerous productions of A Christmas Carol. During the day (and many nights) Jeff works as Production Manager for Center REP, a job he has been engaged in since the mid 90’s. He is a Shellie Award winning actor and a member of Actors Equity Association. An avid Giants fan, Harry Potter fan and fan of the Gould family, Jeff has lots to enjoy when he’s not in the theatre. Mischief Managed.

DANIEL FEYER (Music Director) is pleased to make his Center REP debut! Recent Bay Area productions include Ragtime and Tarzan at Berkeley Playhouse, three years of A Christmas Carol at American Conservatory Theater, Reefer Madness (Ray of Light), Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Theatre Rhinoceros), and The Rocky Horror Show (A.C.T. Conservatory). He is adjunct faculty for the M.F.A. acting program at A.C.T. and a Resident Artist in the Musical Theater department at Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts. New York and regional credits include off-Broadway’s Evil Dead: The Musical, The Underclassman (Drama Desk Award nom. for Orchestrations), Working, With Glee, and Illyria, eleven seasons at the Weston Playhouse in Vermont, and seven shows at Meadow Brook Theatre in Michigan. A San Francisco native and Princeton graduate, Dan is also a puzzle writer and editor and seven-time winner of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

CINDY GOLDFIELD* (Grandma Helene/Ms. Luckenbill/Mrs. Time) is thrilled to be back at Center REP after last season’s It Shoulda Been You, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood many years ago. An award-winning actor and director, other regional performing credits include: Love and Information and 14 seasons of A Christmas Carol at A.C.T., Spring Awakening and Bill W. and Dr. Bob (San Jose Repertory Theatre); Another Midsummer’s Night (TheatreWorks), Brimstone, Moon Over Buffalo, and Merrily We Roll Along (The Willows Theatre); Oliver! (Broadway by the Bay); Moving Bodies (Marin Theatre Company); Crimes of the Heart (Playhouse West); Texas Chainsaw Manicurist and Cowardly Things (New Conservatory Theatre Center); Mack & Mabel (42nd Street Moon); Scalpel! (Brava!) and Mr. Irresistible (Back It Up, Prod.) New York credits include D’Arcy Drollinger’s Project: Lohan, and Mr. Irresistible, at La MaMa E.T.C. Goldfield also enjoys a thriving cabaret career, collaborating with Scrumbly Koldewyn (Goldfield & Koldewyn) and David Aaron Brown (One Night Stand.)

TYLER PATRICK HENNESSY (Fletcher Blake) is very excited to be doing the regional premiere of Freaky Friday at his "home" theater. Tyler is back after doing a year and half as Michael/Jack in the first national tour of the Broadway production of Finding Neverland directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus. Some of Tyler's other favorite roles include Tiny Tim- A Christmas Carol (Center REP), Little Boy- Ragtime (Stage One) and Youngest Tommy- The Who's Tommy (OMG Productions). Tyler would like to thank Jenny, Jeff and Michael for this opportunity with Center REP and couldn't do this without the love and support of Mom, Dad and my sisters; and the guidance of Lisa at Apex Talent Group and Nicole at NYLO. Follow Tyler's journey on Instagram @tylerpatrick.h

AUBRI NO'EAU KAHALEKULU (Laurel) is ecstatic to make her Center REP debut with Freaky Friday! Past credits include Penny (You Can't Take It With You), Flounder (The Little Mermaid), Fighting Prawn (Peter and the Starcatcher), and Linda (The Wedding Singer), among others. Follow her adventures on Instagram @aubbersmcgee She hopes everyone enjoys the show and would like to dedicate this performance to Kevin Redrico and her grandmother Lita. Huge shout out to her mother, Noah, and her theatre moms Kimmy and Elizabeth for always being there for her and inspiring her.

MICHAEL McCARTY (Grandpa George/Mr. Blumen) is delighted to be part of this classic story retelling. Recent Lesher Center for the Arts performances include Center REP’s A Christmas Carol, as well as Contra Costa Musical Theatre’s productions of 1776, Gypsy, The Music Man, Les Miserables, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Michael is a proud member of Fantasy Forum Actors Ensemble: www.fantasyforum.org. He works for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and resides with his wife and son in Benicia.

KATRINA LAUREN McGRAW* (Alexandra Daniels/Ms. Meyers/Officer Sitz) a San Francisco native, is thrilled to be making her Center REP debut with Freaky Friday! Some past credits include Miss Shields in A Christmas Story (SF Playhouse), Armelia in Ain't Misbehavin' (42nd St. Moon) Sour Kangaroo in Seussical (Bay Area Musicals) Ensemble in She Loves Me (San Francisco Playhouse) BJ in Smokey Joe's Cafe (Town Hall Theatre Co.) Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors (Ray of Light Theater) Kate in Zanna, Don’t! (NCTC), Dynamite in Hairspray (Woodminster Theater and PCPA Theaterfest) Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray (Allenberry Playhouse) Abuela Claudia in In The Heights (Cohos Music Hall), Trixie/Phantom in The Rocky Horror Show (Merchants Hall and A.C.T's Strand Theater) Dionne in Hair (Bay Area Musicals) Katrina would like to give a special thanks to her family blood related or not for all of their constant love and support. Thanks fam!!

OLIVIA JANE MELL* (Ellie Blake) is currently based in Los Angeles, and Freaky Friday is Olivia’s first production with Center REP. Notable theater credits include The Cherry Orchard (Anya) and Sense And Sensibility (Lucy Steele) at People’s Light & Theatre Co., The Threepenny Opera (Polly Peachum) at Brandeis Theater Company, Cover (Zan) at NYC’s Midtown International Theater Festival, and her own original cabaret show Perfectly Complicated, which she co-wrote and produced. Olivia recently made her cable TV debut singing a Sondheim classic on TNT’s "Major Crimes." Most notably, Olivia recently released an original rock album "Between Earth And Air" under her musical artist name, Olivia Jane, as well as released several music videos. The album features legendary artists Waddy Wachtel, Bernard Fowler of the Rolling Stones, Brett Tuggle of Fleetwood Mac, and others. You can find her music on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, and Amazon music, as well as on CD and vinyl. Learn more at www.oliviajaneofficial.com.

ZACHARIAH MOHAMMED (Xavier) is excited to be making his Center REP debut! Zachariah’s previous recent credits include 42nd Street (Ensemble, Pacific Coast Repertory), Reefer Madness (Ensemble, Ray of Light), She Loves Me (Swing, SF Playhouse), The Wild Party (Oscar, Ray of Light), and In the Heights (Ensemble, Tri Valley Rep). During the day Zachariah works as a Social Media Manager at Just Media, a marketing agency in Emeryville. Zachariah would like to thank Pete, his family and friends for all of their love and support. Next up you can see Zachariah in the ensemble of The Rocky Horror Show with Ray of Light Theatre.

BRYAN MUNAR (Austin) is thrilled to make his Center REP debut in this charming show that's filled with laughs, tears, and a lot of heart! An alumnus of U.C. Berkeley (B.A. Computer Science) and current software engineer for the Mobile team at Mozilla, Bryan hopes to pursue a performing career in the Bay Area. Past credits: Greg Madison in It Shoulda Been You (Pinole Players), Toro in West Side Story (Contra Costa Musical Theatre), Disney's Beauty and the Beast, South Pacific, Mamma Mia! (all at Woodminster Summer Musicals), Hair, Disney's Beauty and the Beast (all at Mountain Play Association), That's Our Snow White! (East Bay Children's Theatre). He thanks his family and friends for their tremendous support and hopes you will thoroughly enjoy the show! [@bkmunar | bryanmunar.com | Philippians 1:21]

ALISON QUIN (Torrey), a San Francisco resident and performer, is thrilled to be making her Center REP debut. After graduating San Francisco State University with a BM in Classical Voice performance she has made her way singing throughout the Bay Area with many stellar talented individuals, whether it's in a rock band or on stage in a musical. By day she teaches Voice and runs her own studio in SF. Favorite roles include: The Bakers Wife (Into the Woods), Eurydice (Orpheus in the Underworld), and Janet in her self-produced, self-written parody Christmas Cabaret: Naughty or Nice Booze and Spice which graced the stage for two holiday seasons at PianoFight. This past holiday season she sang and danced with the Holly Trolley Cast at CA Great America. She recently joined the cast at 42nd St. Moon this Spring for the Bay Area Premiere of Sondheim's first musical, Saturday Night. Gratitude and thanks to all the patrons making musical theatre possible!

NICK QUINTELL (Señor O'Brien/Wheaton) is beyond excited to be making his Center REP debut in Freaky Friday! Will the show be more Freaky, or more Friday? You be the judge. Nick was last seen as Simon Zealotes in Jesus Christ Superstar at TVRT. Other Credits Include: Monsieur D'Arque in Beauty and the Beast (BBBay), Barnaby Tucker in Hello, Dolly! in Concert (Feinstein's at the Nikko), Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (Berkeley Playhouse), Ram Sweeney in the Regional Premier of Heathers the Musical (Ray of Light Theatre, TBA Nominated), Centipede in James and the Giant Peach (BACT & Shanghai Children's Theatre), Nicely in Guys and Dolls (DTC) & William Barfee in Spelling Bee (Berkeley Playhouse, TBA Nominated). Thanks to Jesse, family, and friends for all your love and support. Enjoy the show!

NATHAN RICHARDSON (Parker/Ensemble-Understudy) is overjoyed to be back in the Bay Area with Freaky Friday. Recent roles include: Jean-Michel (La Cage Aux Folles), Matthew (Altar Boyz), and Hanschen (Spring Awakening). Nathan would like to thank his cast, creative team, designers and every artist who made this show possible. He’d also like to thank his family and friends for their love and support. Special thanks to Irene at DDO! Training: Boston College, B.A., Boston Conservatory, M.F.A. http://www.nathanrichardsonactor.com/ @naterichnyc

JUSTIN SABINO (Wells/Louie Snaps) is so thrilled to be back at Center REP for their production of Freaky Friday! He attributes his craft to his amalgamation of past experiences dancing competitive hip hop with UCLA's Samahang Modern, singing choral music with Philippine Chamber Singers - Los Angeles, and acting and playing improv with LCC Theatre Company. Credits: Altar Boyz - Luke (Center REP), West Side Story - Pepe (CCMT), In the Heights - Graffiti Pete (TVRT), Jesus Christ Superstar - Apostle/Herod Dancer (TVRT) Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site - Crane Truck US/Dump Truck US (BACT), and American Idiot - Ensemble/Dance Captain (CCCT). By day, Sabino serves the communities of Northern California delivering preventative health information through the performing arts with Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theatre. "All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree." @sabinosaur

EMILY SERDAHL* (Savannah) is a Bay Area based actress. She has performed at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Folger Shakespeare Theater, ZSpace, Sacramento Theatre Company and the Guthrie Theater. She recently completed her B.F.A. in Performance at Southern Oregon University. Her past roles include Nina in Seagull, Emily Webb in Our Town, Catherine Petkoff in Arms and the Man, and Marnie in The Drunken City. For more information visit http://emily-serdahl.squarespace.com

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